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Anonymous
Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
edited June 2014 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment
for the vitamin D blood level in order for the insurance to pay for it. My pcp is willing to do it, but he asked, what dx do we use? I said, I don't know.
Shirley
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  • BlindedByScience
    BlindedByScience Member Posts: 314
    edited June 2007

    Vitamin D deficiency is often a hidden problem. Do your scans show any bone loss? That may be corrected or improved with Vitamin D plus calcium--and the doc needs to know if you're D deficient before recommending you supplement. Docs often look for hidden problems if you give them a symptom....

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  • BlindedByScience
    BlindedByScience Member Posts: 314
    edited June 2007
    On thinking about this a bit more, does your doc know that the majority of people in the US are Vitamin D deficient at some time during the year? and that vitamin D is being tested as to whether it can moderate the pain some women (who test <32 ng/ml) on AIs have? or that it's essential for proper immune function and a cancerous growth is a failure of the immune system to find & destroy faulty cells?

    Just some thoughts.
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  • rubytuesday
    rubytuesday Member Posts: 2,248
    edited June 2007

    I got mine because I'm on an AI and the related bone loss....therefore, the dx would be bc. Best wishes!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2007
    Hmmm..thanks. I'll pass this on to my doc before he does BW. I rarely get out in the sun so I definitely need the D. I'm not a "yard" person. And when I do get in the sun I really need to be careful because some of the meds I take are not nice when mixed with too much soon.

    Rubytuesday, that's part of the dx for my dexa scan.
    Shirley
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  • Jorf
    Jorf Member Posts: 498
    edited July 2007
    BBS, if only we could get tests and visits paid for because we're doing what we know is best for the patient!! PIPE DREAM in this country!!!!!

    Shirley, it sounds, from the other thread like you did get the test covered. I don't have a problem getting it covered usually because I'm doing it on people with an osteoporosis or osteopenia diagnosis. But for the other ones I test (probably most people in my practice) I'll use either "fatigue" or "abnormal endocrine test". I think they get paid, no one's complained that they've gotten a bill. You can run that by your PCP. (If I had the codes handy I'd give them to you - that would let them know you did your homework and are serious about it!!! )
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